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Today it was announced quite out of the blue that all Future Shop stores are immediately closing across the country. As late as last night there wasn’t any hint that this was in the works and everyone is surprised, even the poor employees who are now out of a job. For those outside of Canada Future […]Continue reading…

If you’re shopping for a new computer for school Apple has some great news for you. They are offering a pretty decent discount on all of their computers for College and University Students (and teachers). You simply need to head on over to their site and enter in your student information. They are also giving […]Continue reading…

As many of you know Apple is close to releasing a new update to it’s much applauded Mac Operating System OS X. The update is called Snow Leopard and will introduce several low-level fixes to the Mac. It will also add a few nice new features. Some of the improvements: 1) About 6GB stripped right […]Continue reading…

If anyone out there wishes to upgrade to Windows Vista 64-bit I’ve got some great news for you! Microsoft will ship you a copy of the 64-bit version of Vista for free! From the Microsoft Site: 32-bit CD If your system features a CD drive but no DVD drive, you can order Windows Vista on […]Continue reading…

If there is one site on the Internet that I both respect and hate at the same time it’s Consumerist.com. On one hand they give customers some pull in fighting consumer issues and on the other they post stories that damage reputations without actually researching the complaint! From Consumerist: “Randy tried to get new O […]Continue reading…

Windows 7 is less then a year away from final release (the current date everyone’s talking about is January 2010) and Microsoft has delivered an unexpected gift for users. Says the BBC: “Anyone buying a PC with Windows 7 pre-installed will be able to swap it for XP or Vista. Microsoft has confirmed that the […]Continue reading…

Anybody out there encounter MacBook cracks? I’ve seen a few myself but apparently there is a large amount of people who have complained to Apple about these cracks forming seemingly spontaneously. Apple’s response: Too bad, we’re not gonna fix it. Until now. Apple Insider reports: “The Cupertino-based Mac maker is said to have issued a […]Continue reading…

The new version of Wine has been released! What’s new in the new version? Various bug fixes for Internet Explorer 7. Many crypt32 improvements, including new export wizard. Better support for windowless Richedit. Improvements to the print dialog. Many fixes to the regression tests on Windows. Various bug fixes. Don’t know what WINE is? From […]Continue reading…

Seagate has admitted that a hand full of it’s customer have experienced hard drive deaths after applying a new piece of firmware. Says the company: “Seagate has isolated a potential firmware issue in limited number of Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives and related SATA drives based on this product platform, manufactured through December 2008. In some […]Continue reading…

Apple has announced iLife ’09 and has given current Mac owners the opportunity to upgrade to the new version. From the site: “iLife ’09, a significant upgrade to Apple’s digital lifestyle applications, features updates to iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, and iWeb. If you’ve purchased a qualifying computer on or after January 6, 2009, that does not […]Continue reading…